Amino acids found in asteroid samples collected by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe

More than 20 types of amino acids have been detected in samples Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe brought to Earth from an asteroid in late 2020, a government official said Monday, showing for the first time the organic compounds exist on asteroids in space.With amino acids essential for all living things to make proteins, the discovery could hold clues to understanding the origins of life, the education ministry said.In December 2020, a capsule that had been carried on a six-year mission by Hayabusa2 delivered more than 5.4 grams of surface material to Earth from the Ryugu asteroid, located ov…READ FULL ARTICLE